The Sun. — London, England, 1818-05-20 00:00:00

PARLLAMENT. HOUSE OF TuE,nAy, iNtAy ID. Several Bills were brou,zl t. uh trots the House of Commoos by Sir James Grtihaw, Mr.Brogilen, and other Members, and read a first time. Mr. u 'k, from the Treasury, presented an Account of the Expendi , or, and rublit Delft, which %VA :4 (mitred t“ be !united, A Petition Rum ‘Vanit , “vorth, against tie Pa 6 t i s h V es fri e ,' B i ll, %ems presented by the Earl t.Pe.vccrt, who Mated that he din tint agree in the object of the petitioners.—Otdeted to lie on the tahle. On the motion of the Earl of DERBY, the Man chester petition against tie Parish Vestries' was ordered to he reftrred to the Cotimittee upon the Bill, the petitioners to be heard by Counsel. LIDELS. Lord ERSKINE!. presented a Bill for removing doubts respecting the power of Magistrates to conitnit on charges of Libel, and enacting that it shall not be lt whal for any Magistiate to commit on a charge of Libel, unless where an Indictment has been found. Ins Lordship adverted to what he had said on a former occasion, inti►nating his intention of bringing in a measure of this nature. H e did 'not mean now to discuss it ; he should merely move the first reading•, and that the Bill be printed, intending to move the second reading on Tuesday nest. The Lotto CHANCELLOR declined entel 4 2 into any consideration of the 13111 now, but Vet idly\ wished to observe, that he had no doubt as to the ta;t• upon the subject. 11 was read a fir-t time, to be read vse--1 coed time on Tuesday, and. the Lords to b.e-atom moned. CUM OF THE RING'S PERSON.—REGENCY ACT., The Loan CHaNCELLOR presented a Bill for va rying certain of the provisions of the Regency Act. His Lordship observed, that by that Act a Council was appointed to assist her M jesty in the execution of the high trust reposed- in her with regard . to the care of the King's person, some of whom sere in the absence of her Ma jesty to 1 , de at I•Virkor. Several of the Mem bers of the Queen's Council having official duties to execute, it was impossible far them to reside at Windsor, and it being thought advisable that her 117lesty should continue in town, it be calm: necessary to make provision for the aopointment of addilional Members of her Majesty's Council. It was proposed, therefore, to vest in the Queen the power of appoint ing such additional Members, not exceeding a number to be fixed by their Lordships. It was necessary for this purpose to have the sanction of Parliament ; the Members of the Queen's Council acting under the obligation and responsibility of an oath, directed to be administered by the pro visions of the Regency Act. The second object of the Bill referred to the possible case of a ces sation on the part of the Queen to have the care of the King's sacred person. According to the Regency ..Act, should this cessation occur, the Parliament must meet forthwith ; and in the event of the Parliament having been dissolved, and the new Parliament not having met, tben the old Pali iiament must assemble fotthwith, He was 110 t aware of any reason for the - introduction of this clause into the Act ; and he rather thought that it must have originated in mistake. As, however, there. was no reason why the cessation on the part of the Queen to have the care of the King's sacred person should render imperative the meeting of Parliament forthwith, there being a clause in the •Act, that, in case of the occurrence of such an event, the care of his Majesty's Person sho s uld be vested ill the Queen's Council, until further pro vision should be made by Parliament ; and there being a power in the Crown, under the existing law, to summon Parliament to meet in 14 clays ; under these-circumstances, probably their Lord ships would have no objection to a pros ision, which substituted for a forthwith meeting, a meeting at 14 days' notice, in case of the event occurring to which he _ had alluded. He intended to move that the Bill he printed, and that it should be read a second time either on Thursday or Fri. day, whichever day was most convenient to their Lords ijis. Earl - kin-qv had no objection to the introduc tion of a Bill ; which should provide for any exi gence mishit; front the demise of her Maje,ty; but he should reserve himself to another opportu nity with tespect to the other point noticed by the Noble Lord, namely, the making an addition to the Queen's Council. He thought some reasons ought to have been stated for deviating from the mode of appointment provided for in the Regency Act ; and he could not avoid expressing his surprise at the mode and manner in which this Bill was brought under consideration. It appeared to him as ' being introduced by a sort of side wind, the alterations darkly hinted at by the Noble Lord, hut not explained. He was ready to admit that the Regency Act required some material revisions .—the unfortunate duration of his Majesty's ill ness—the distressed situation of the country, and the pressure of the burthens on the public, were considerations which it because the duty of their Lordships to weigh well. They should look to the public expenditure, and when they saw the difficulty of providing for that expenditure, the Establishment at Windsor ought to be one of their first objects. If the expellees. of that Esta blishment were necessary for the comforts of the Royal Person, be should be one of the last to ob- ject to its contin u ance ; but at a time of general distress and calamity, it behoved their Lordships to keep in view economy. In making new pro visions, some general principle should be acted upon. It was necessary to make such provision as should secure the country against any incon venience in case of the demise of the Prince Re- gent : he wished, however, to know why it wag necessary now to make any alteration ? The garl of Li YERPOOL conceived the'proposed measure to be one to which no objection in point of principle could be entertained. His Nobl e and Le . arned friend Lad stated, that after the Bill was read the first titne, it could be printed, and he thought the most proper course wo(ild he for Noble Lords to suspend their opinions until they !' could 'fully‘iee ilave it regitlarly before them. It was, however, impossible for him to let one or two points pass which fell from the Noble Lord, without his saying a few words. The Noble Earl, he understood, felt, no objection to her 11ajesty being allowed to add a proper number of persons to her Conned, hut ire wished to know why it was proposerto do it in a differ ent mode from that proposed by the,Regericy Act. In that Bill the Council, though men, were not designated by tlfeir olll4l‘, hut* byname: The Lord Chancellor was not appointed one o. her Majesty's Council, as Lord Chancellor, btu by name, as also the Lord Chief justice, ant the other Meinhei . s. The Menthe's of her Majes• ry's Council were therefore limited to these indi• vidUals ; and it was expressly provided by the Act referred to, that it any of these Counsellors should die, her Majesty, by an instrurunt under her hand and seal, should appoint a iitcce,sor; and in point of fact, her Majesty has in One instance exercised that power. lie stated this with a view to show bow far the principle already obtained : though he would admit it was a matter 'of proper consi deration, when an extension ofouch power was proposed. The Noble Earl opposite, 110 ki ever, seemed to admit that Ministers may be fairly war ranted-in providing for an extension. The prin ciple being already acknowledged and acted upon, lie did not see what possible objection could exist as to their followin g th e 'sa nu e course i n t h e event of any addition been; agreetr own. With regard to the question of the time, land the extent to . which the general subject shou t id be reviewed, be remarked, that circumstances Might arise which called for some Illteratioti;•-titt it was not there fore necessary that a vietv should be taken be yond what the necessity -or the expediency of the case required. By the Regency Act, two ways were pro / vide4 to .greet the event of the writ chairs to . :xerc4e the Royal Power, and the other provided.. for the case which regarded. the care an d custod y of his Majes ty's Royal Person. The Regency was placeil on the same footing as the Crown, in the event of a demise, that the Parliament in being should continue, but if dissolved, that the last Pallid- n►ent should - assemble in. order to provide for the exigency of the case. The law, therefore, at pre• sent, with respect to the Crown and the Regency, was the same; but in the event of the other il . instrions Person's demise, (hiring the exercise of the Regency, the allotted functions would be in a sort. of abeyance. The Noble Earl's idea of rendering such regulations or provisions perpetual .may be felt liable to a strong objection. But all that "as now proposed was to provide tor the meeting of Parliament, in the event of the parti cular case, as was already provided for in case of the Crown's . demise. With regard to any far ther provisions, no necessity whatever existed, as the Act bad already provided for these contin gencies, in authorising the Council to exercise the necessary powers and authorities until Parliament , should assemble. With regard to the particular measure proposed, their Lordships would judge of its necessity or fitness under all the circum. stances of the case; and he thought, that what. ever difference of opinion may be entertained now or hereafter, the consideration of any further te vision or more extensive amendment should not tie a ground or reason for. their Lur.tsbips' with ltOlding their asevnt to the lukticuiar yeasure. now propined, should they think the ground up on which it proceeded fair, just, and reasonable. Earl GREY spoke shortly in explination. lie observed that what the Noble Earl had stated, with respect to the authority possessed by her Majesty under the existing Act, related merely to the tilling up vacancies in the Council, which was dissimilar to what was now proposed, which went to provide for the adoption of several new Mem bers at once to the Council. With respect to the other points, he could not regard the Noble Earl's statement as satisfactory, as he cautiously abstained from assigning any season as to the necessity of the new measure.. In one of the clauses of the Bill referred to, there was a provi sion for continuing the care and custody of the King's person in the Council, notwithstanding the demise of her Majesty; and he.still thought there was nu adequate necessity assigned for the adoption of the measure now proposed. The LORD CHANCRLLOR observed, that on the occasion of the second reading, he would state all the reasons which warranted the adoption of the measure, and fully answer all the, objections lie bad heard against it. The Bill was then read the first time ; ordered to bt printed and read the second time on Thurs- day next, and the Lords to be summoned fur Om day. The Sugar Bounties', the Glass Duties', and one or two other Bills, were brought up from the Commons and read a first time. COTTON FACTORIES' BILL. Their Lordships then, after receiving a few more petitions relative to the Bill, resolved, put silent to the Order of the Day, into a Committee on the Cotton Manufactories' ; and Mr. WARREN ? as Leading Counsel for the petitioners against the Bill, was heard at considerable, length. Lord KablYON made a variety of observations upon the statements of the Counsel,. and argued • against the necessity of any farther hearing. A conversation of some length ensued, in con sequence of the proposition of the Noble Lord, in which several of their Lordships participated. In the coutse of this, the principle of the Bill being more or less referred to, the measure was strongly supported by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Lail of LIY€RPOOL, and the Bishop of CHasTER. The result was, that it was agreed to hear Counsel farther on the following day ; and an Adjournment took place. [For the Proceedings in the House of Commons, see the Last Page.] The new arrivals just imported from Ethiopia, now in the Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, are certainly the most extraordinary combination of Quadrupeds yet known in the Animal World.— The young British Lions still continue great fa vourites with the Ladies; the contrast between them and the old ones is astonishing. The Ourang- Outang, since his recovery, is all animation; the Elephant is in fact a living mountain, and the whole assemblage truly dw:erves. our greatest praise, titt.a.n nE't'iF:iV. SEETCIIES of the CHARACTER; CONDUCT, and TREATMENT of the PRISONERS of WAR, at AUX ONNE, LONGWY. &c. from the Year 1510 to 1814, with an Account of the Epidemic, as it appeared in the latter place in 1813. By FAIINELL MULVEY, M.D. Member of ' the Royal Coßilge of Surgeons in Ireland. Bvo. !'rioted 'Ne for LONGMAN and to raterrlo!der-ritw, •,,TlN,bove \ IVMZ•ettrel'a ten/ into out b Ands, anti it is hot troth to declare, that we perused it with considerable pleasure and interest. The muthor is a Medical Man, and the following are Isis own words on the subject of his detention, his attempt to get out of Prance, and his atter treatment ' 4 I had lung, from professional motives, resolved on visit ing Paris. The first opportunity that presented itself was during the short Peace of Amiens, and I availed myself , of it. " In 1803, I wa: comprised in the Arrete;, which constituted British tubjects prisoners of war in France, under the name of Detenus, or Hostages. " In 1805, I attempted, along with another professional wan, Dr. Thomas Clark, to make my escape ont of France, and after having surmounted every difficulty, we were, by one of those occurrences which decide the fate of an prise, arrested. " We were forthwith conducted to the military prisots of the fortress of Luxemburg!) ; then to those bf Longwy and Verdun ; in the last of which places we were immured in the Tom - d'Angoultme, and afterwards in a species of dog ken nel, for the space of six weeks. This was not thooglit suffi ciently severe for deserters of our description. General IVi ' rion being at length tired of having us so near him, ordered us next to the military prison of Metz. To this place we were marched on foot, alpug with a cerium of French malfai teurs. Here we were, soon after our arrival, put au secret, and remained there in a species of oubli, from the 26tli of Sep tember to the Ist of the May following, by much the greater part of that time. Some of our unfortunate countrymen were in the same situation as ourselves, breathing an atmos phere of the foulest and most offensive ising from the Latrines of the Prison. Some of these were immediate ly underneath our windows l and some at the end of the pas sage which led to our cells. I was near sinking under these accumulated ills, having been muter the influence of a ter *Oat) intermittent for upwards of eight months previous to I this period. • " At last, owing to the extraordinary escape of three Bri tish prisoners out of this prison, it was no longer deemed sufficiently secure against the enterprise and determination of those who remained behind, and we were therefore, along with the rest of the prisoners, between thirty and forty, con ducted, under a guard of horse, foot, and gen d'artnerie, which amounted nearly to our own number, to the fortress of Bitche, in the department of the Moselle, where we re mained for six months. " Just before the memorable Prussian Campaign in 1 SOC, a kind of goal delivery took place, and we were among the first permitted to return to Verdun." THP,AI'RICAL REGISTER. Pcrformerl Laa Nig4l. THEATRE, ROYAL, DauKT-LANts.—The honey-Mom : the Duke Aranza, Mr.Ellistog ; Nits. Davison. After which, The Innkeeper's Daughter. To which was added, Amoroso. THEATRE. ROYAL, CON/ENT-GARoEv.—Rob Roy Macgregor : Francis Osbaldistone, Mr. .Sinclair ; Diana Veriniti, Miss Stephens. After wine' ith time . ), La Chasse. To v. v..as added, Wlio:s tsy Fai iwr ? MAILS. ARnivrm-1 Waterford, 1 Itarnburgh, DuE—l Woterford, I Lisbon. PRICE (Fe' STOCKS. THIS nAY AT rwr.t.vi: o'ermeic. Batik Stock 280{ 280 India Stock ..... 233 232 4 per Ct tit. lied. 7444 79 India Bonds 109.3. pr. 3 per Cent. C0n5......79ii SO Exch. Bills, 2d...195. 21s. pr. 31 per Cent. .. 88ii Ditto, 210.. 20s . 21s. pr. 4 per Cents 97“ (Minium • • ii I pr. 5 per Cent. N. Ann... 108 i i A Cons. for Acc0unt....7941 80 Batik L. Anti. .20 5-1611 is HIM! ‘VATER A•' LONDON BRIDGE TO•MORROW. Morning, 56 minutes after 2. Evening, 21 minutes after 3. S UN. JOLEM QUIS DICERS FAISUM MIDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, 111AY 20, ISIS. THE QUEEN. We ha . ve beard from private information, on which we can' dep ml, that HER MAJESTY passed rather a more restless night than the pleccdtng, one, and the cause assigned is the operation of a blister, which it was thotOrt necessary to apply, and which may be mentioned as an extraordinary circumstance, considering her MAJEST:IS time .of life, that it is the first she ever suffered. 11::R Ma- JasTY was certainly better, and disposed to be cheerful yesterday, and though not quite so well to-day as she then was, ytt we are happy in say ing that no alarming symptoms have occurred. This morning the following Bulletin was issued respecting the health of the QUEEN " Queen's Palace, May 20, 1848, 12, " The QUEEN has passed a tolerable night, bot. Her . MAJaSTY is flat quite so well to-day as she was throughout the whole of yesterday. " FRANCIS MI - " HENRY ['ALFORD." 'We received this morning the Paris Papers of -Sunday last. The Session of the Chambers was closed on Saturday by the KnAG's Proclamation, which was communicated to the Peers by. the Duke de Rtcnettsu and the Keeper of the Seals, and to the Deputies by the Minister of the Inte rior and the Minister of Finance. The Chambers mmediately separated. Accordiug to the accounts from Constan'tinople, the negotiations between Russia and the Porte were entirely at a stand, nor had the Spanish Mi nister obtained the satisfaction he sought, and in which demand he had been supported by the 1 Pi r~ • ;,-; e.urcpean Mir:Literi. sup "' to the Ottoman COlirt and Persia are lib a species of federati..iii; to protect the m ; the Ettropeanowers. cu . FroM Cassel there L isa thtir6 d e tailed fi e vos 0' t cereniony of the arßie e - (it the , CAI , :II3RIBCIE, an473l:6'krand entertainateo" all y . eva‘e4trernely splendid. The e ctor n Landgrat, s 'e Ikepsatck edndiicted the.,to the Electoral Prince the iJ rg°sl l' ; Minister at Berlin, and Nlr• 13"c(1 50 o,i ' LOR, filling the same situation at the IVirtemberg, were present at the 1 1 alio several Hano.verianMinisters• Several persons have been arrested in the ton of Undetuald, in consequence of the disturbances there. . The persons charged wiih attempti"g be tl sinate the Dtike of . irEr..t.;NGTON are t° before the Court of Assizes at Paris. struction, or preliminary examination, Iv' finished: The diligeriee from Montpellier to it was stopped in the night o f the 6th i ns Tbr ts to % the village of Fabrigne, by t w o thievo , op iP trived to rob t en p ersons , i nc l u ding tlic"c tor and the postilion. ao Letters from Germ a ny st a t e that a Ile — it lony has been founded i n th e Brazils , River 'Vocal). Each colonist receives g r3lt' o from 50 to 100 arpents of land. A o ' l ' l ' ls 4 l ' built, to be called Leonoldinia, in 11000 fir ° 01( Archduchess LE O P OLDINE , n o w Princess 111 the he Duke and Duchess o f. CANII3 S / DOO T I . ( i expected at BrusSels no Sunday last , t° P „1. from thence to Cal a i s to em b ar k for Erig l° The Madrid accou n t s s till spe -, )it o r t g it' 8,000 men being about to ernb,ork " t South America, but there had bee° no meta of troops towards the place of (jou. FIVE PPR CENTS'. Sat n rday DEFR'iRED STOCK. Sat qrhy . 68 G 5o c, . si f. :35c, The chief subject that was ifitrojaced d [louse of Lords last ni g ht r elated to s it e' brought in by the LORD CHANceLton t°l 9 pr e irsg.the defects in the A c t o f t h e 55th °I ' a l l ri" sent MAJEsTy, for the d u e care of th 1.(1- e iii ti f i r son. It has been de e m e d most proper, to C dace the Bill at present only into t" Lords, but it will of course be a subj ect lat:ve- wisdom to determine lnd a4 l .l 4sli i 11 t her MAses-ri was in perf ec t health' alga 0 ,0 11 earlier period of her life, no new atr ar4 , e ., l7 o l# were absolutely requisite, but t h e late in p vnc d d tion of our venerable Qu E s N , a nd her '',sott age, seem to rend er some o th er provision ilect i At present the matt er i s Merely coosi de ; 5 1 11) general point of view, but no time will be : 1 ,0 4 making due provi s ion aga i ns t the neu rs t i v ' e 014 of events or sudden contingencies . sorry to see the leading Opposition Pall"' s It i,tl verting to the subject this day, throw wlr voi O3 that " the disposition of 60,000/. a Ye ar c 10 1 for the Privy Purse may nut be one of t ` oil o f per o . ' o .- c otd causes of dispute as to the choice it will naturally occur- to thinking a nd C 01 ' .5 0 , re 4 men, that, if this bone of contention o,eitqf moved, there would be less difficulty in gillson the proper Persons t o b e entrusted %, • s slit sacred charge of the KING'S Pelson to suc P tressing Such insinuations% °lel, a subject,strongly indicate the spirit 01 - : 1 113' they shew no concern for the " distreOiltoest. (ion " onr afflicted Monarch, or the t tb ig state of her M A J USTY , an d at e, io deed ,::tue re time wholly inconsistent w ith taste, and even common decbrutn. The Duke and Duchess of C 0 13 103 1- ti peered to arrive to•morrow. Though we are decided enemies of th3t • ha l in g Reform which certain b, O 1 Oppositioa ri''''' . seem anxious to acc o mpli s h, sod wi 11 Co il' h stead of adding to the v i our of tile . eliti he#w a 1 titut ion, would tear it up root and L'i se hoe° yet we are as desir ous o f haviug al' i s. -1 rcmoveil as any of the R e formers (14entse';'-,, t i li For ..,,,,,, , this reasiin we heartily applaud ',kir. iiiioclool poll' triu...1:.:0:,-osurfso:oli,irlfotzaCintglAßEllT,AuficE.4evorvii,tNPATlONS' I..ii)C.iPle° ta i c i e t, sx i t t i t is a tic l i l it y ligy it ii i it t il e :t i i i ii d ittu e a d tiin b e y d, t the Donors. n t les hjillip.osi n the P.'acipte° ons uf t I: ' i e s r i s le “" Ciii v ii - i ( i ) a:, of a similar ' kind, can have any confidence in the reg ty ( y, of Society, and may therefore dispose of their I )°Per Af t , ' Purlwies n‘ , 'at all contributin. , to the 'relief °f ag ') I ' o' l ! w it, wants or the improvement of human faculties. ''' o - . 0' have er attempted to deny the talents of Mr. 13B° 1J°°A ; c 1 id / 1 ,liar t i tt i ou r s ,..i v oi va P e : tujs t ituiptt riii0,0: 0 10 to only regretted that they have not ,heen einl , ' tr i A his own honour and the advantage of hi s-C‘4l „ " C i „ ' e ,i,A l , l, V nigx ila un, t tre,d b o e rt n o e e s v, t .er e iv a et ti l:e. s:l l jL c i l ee i a,dt a .: 7 °, i i i fi i .ea d par y ty cro m o l" : o l ,y 6 :p . 0 3 ' 14 y ; sufficient to f4der/i , n ory 13 iff f able important in the State, and it would be as well as beneficial to hitti to lira i n ta4l 1 ' ;th i 111 11 :Pat 'olc •~8; Di t ~ni,